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Researchers at The University of Western Australia (UWA) have been awarded close to $490,000 from two organizations to explore the potential use of an amino acid called taurine as a treatment ... Read more

Infection by the influenza virus, commonly known as the flu, was found to contribute to muscle degeneration in a zebrafish model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Scientists often use zebrafish ... Read more

Injecting a smaller but functional form of the dystrophin gene, called microdystrophin, into dogs naturally affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy allowed them to recover muscle strength and stabilized their overall disease symptoms, ... Read more

Scientists have designed two proteins that stabilized muscle cell membrane support and maintained the structure of muscle fibers in animal models of congenital muscular dystrophy (MD). The finding, from ... Read more

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